TRICK OR EVIL?

Today I'm really hoping that November will enter with flexibility and fluidity.  However, it's not happening thus far.  All that sugar, the late nights, the anxiety, the anticipation, and the fears...it makes me feel like is it really worth it?

I love the whole buzz BEFORE Halloween.  But after I suffer from the post-holiday hangover, I wonder if next year I can escape and go somewhere really hot.

With all the spookiness of Halloween, does anyone else see my daughter's deformed looking hand?  And the ghastly mist emanating from it?  Ok, maybe I do like the chills Halloween provides.

signed, the willow

Happy Halloween

signed, the willow

Halloweenies

With Halloween around the corner, there are so many great ways to dress up and create an impression or create a fright.  For years as a kid, I almost dreaded Halloween.  I would order my mother to make me a costume, only to change the details last minute.  My costume would then be perfect, as ordered.  However, growing up in Northwestern Ontario doesn't allow for balmy Halloweens.  In fact, every Halloween I have ever remembered as a kid involved *snow*.  So, those lovely costumes?  You got it!  Covered up with a snowsuit over top.  Candy and treats weren't a novelty to me.  My parents had a grocery store.  Now, as a mother I try get excited.  I really do.  I buy the candy, eat the candy, paint the face, gather costume ideas.  But, it's begun:  the anxiety of Halloween.  *Mila* too is suffering from GLOE (general lack of enthusiasm) when it comes to Halloween.

It's nice to enjoy the holiday through some creepy halloweenie spirit like so, from afar on the world wide interweb thingy.

Wouldn't you die to eat from these cute cones?

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A little felt friend with those foggy zombie-like eyes.  Spooky!

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some vintage spookiness

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you'd have to have the right property for these.  Aren't they amazing?

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN

signed, the willow

Candy Corn Nails

*Mila* asked for some candy corn nails.  I struggled with how to create these ones.  

First, I pulled out a Science project book.  Why not?  Use it to protect the table and use it to maybe come up with a better idea than intricately painting finger nails.  This is not my forte.

I figured some scotch tape might help us out for this and taped the top 2/3 of her nails.

So far, so good.  She thinks this is all legit and what the candy corn nail process is all about.

Paint the bottom layer orange (yep, I'll get to this later).

We let them dry and got down to taping off the top 1/3 of her nail and carefully painted in the yellow.  How fabulous is that yellow nail polish by Joe Fresh?

Order some cucumber slices from the kitchen for your tired eyes and relax.

We topped it off with some globs of white for the tips and hello Candy Corn Nails.  

Until we saw this:

Yeah!  Yellow goes on the bottom.

signed, the willow

Beautiful Zombies

It's all about the Zombie trend this Halloween.  These are some great costume ideas.



Yowza! Is this not the best zombie costume?

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This art by Nick Karn is just too incredible. Regardless of its zombie-like qualities.

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I am fascinated by Day of the Dead zombies.

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zombie

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signed, the willow